A single bacterium that divides every half hour can result in 17 million offspring in 12 hours. Consequently, the food you just bought might spoil because bacteria present in the food have multiplied like rabbits in your car in the hot conditions that are ideal for food spoilage.
The Howard County population density is 1,132.96 people per square mile, which is much higher than the state average density of 465.39 people per square mile and is much higher than the national average density of 81.32 people per square mile.
As of the 2010 Census, the population was 501,226, an increase of 12,177 (+2.5%) from the 489,049 counted in the 2000 Census, As of the 2016 Census estimate, the county's population was 507,945, making it the state's ninth-most populous county, and marking an increase of 1.3% from 2010.